Steering-column assembly



H. M. DENYES.

STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY.

APPLICATION FILED IuLYIo, |922.

,1,438,935 l I Patented i Dec. A12,v 1922.

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le l, Citizen e reeidene el and (Fleer-e of' l i of and eric@ n (1 am preventing undesirable vibreion of the ,Steering poel; during` die operationen? fthe velnele.

@ther end further objects end gidventnejee of che invention Will iQ-pear 'from the description and claims when reed in connec-` tion with the accompanyingdrawings? in Wl1ieh- Figure l ie sideelevetion of fi-portion o L steering 4poel; assembly with parte broken Eig-ure 2 ie edetniled vie-W on in enlarged seele .vihperts broken away.

Figure 2:3 ie :i section en line 3` ure2-` i 1 l Figure 4l is e Vdeveloped plee. view of 'the "throttle operating shaft., f n

Figure 5 is a detail View ol a `modified formothe device. .i

Figure@ is @rose section on line'G- of figure 5.

ln elle opere-tion of motor vehicles brei-ion of the eteerin l'xeeoinee very annoying to the opere'or espeeielljgf when elle speed of the engine becomes euch e to @euse iis vibrations to elvnehroniee with the naturel vibrations ol' .n 11": or eige .wenn

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. devices l() which is edepreu funnel m eupperglne steer eolu any e feeble manner., A'Ellieassembly may "oe oj en] suitable oonetruecion` .As shown `il;

which may be rigidlyeee1 :lng l() in the usuel manner7 and .extends lll in lie usuel menlflerl @liie` rod ie adeL Y 17 in elle `usuelma.

ce llv` .Within ebelt lie eperlr lever!operating tubular the WF rod or Shale *18 which ie adapted toloe `ropeet, if noi', prevenifeda the steering. poet. lt is common practice to provide ed- `ditionel elemente euch ne sp 'eeerin" @he it i/i'eirene Coereu `en nnnevmnn.

:er `will neeonly lne prevented oui; elle@ the"enivibra'tng Olli Will eseemlf eeinbly. i. @n die drew oli ille steering column y the referencefolmraoer `'ense casting or housing 'to be r1 gidly eeeuied to the :vehicle freine and wliiolieonteins mechanism ier eseilleri'ngg the Steering; ll.

f.ilielioueing` Oie ec ep ed to l eesemblv l2 in .Rost for engaging Seid poet nebineifere the leest with rearwardly upwardly therefrem;` A tubelen steering Sheltie@ is revolubly mounted n `the `steering eolumn 13." The lovverend of ie steering ebelt is provided with the" 4usuel steering; Wheel l5 While the lower end ei VSeid ebelt `le adapted to beprovidedwith mechanism for .oSeilleing'A the steeringerm` The throttle endeperk lever operating shells enrode ere mounted 1n the steering `column` in envgenilable manner., -For 'the purpose ofillustrting the ,invention ,tlieee wvpereting eliefis or rode are mounted ln the steering Shaft end entend the full length 'gliereo'f". tubular eliagft orlrodllor op- `ersiing die :liretileleverie mountedn `ille eteeringellelt ll and ie Conoentrio lllerevitli.

7 "no be reteied by' the lever f ner. Mouniged .eencentrL the llngozijle operating `rod or j Li. ided on cone n e lo?? engaging the Seine te` preven` unneeee. lrv i'f'iliretion of seid Shall. f

Suteble menne ereprovided for limiting or preventing` unnecessary vibration of the eteeri ,fr ebelt. These ineens ere adapted to ofthe tubes adjacent to the be rigidly secured to or formed on some one y of the inembereo the steering` column eeeeinblv end dented `to Contact with another one of said members in order to pre- `atintervals about the same.

vent the vibration of the steering shaft.`

These means may be provided'on one of the members adjacent to thesteering shaft and arevso aranged that they contact the shaft Figures 2 and 3, these means are in the form of projections 22 .on the throttle operating shaft |16. These projections are integral With the throttle operating shaft and may be formed before the tube is rolled or they may vbe formed in the finished shaft in any suitable manner by punching the portions outwardly in the wall of said shaft, as clearly shown in Figures 3 and-4 of the drawings.

In order to avoid the necessity of determining accuratelythe pointsV at which the projections should beV located in order to eliminateunnecessary vibration of said steer-V "ing `shaft these projections are arranged spirally about the outerjperiphery vof the throttle 'operating shaft. ,By this arrange ment the projections. are not only in contact with the steering poston all 'sides thereof but they are also in contact With said post atl short intervals along the length thereof `and lconsequently'-,the vibration of the same isflimited very 4materially ifjnot eliminated fe'ntirely. 7 .30

`'the projections 221 integral 16 theyvvill not become disthey Will not interfere With thek asembly or operation `of the different members of kthe steering column assembly. f y t In the modified form of the device shown r `By makin with the sha in Figures i andf the steering shaft le which vis mounted inthe steeringcolumn l?)a is indented to form theprojections 22a'whicli may be arranged ina manner similar to the projections 22 in Figures Zand 3. These projections are .adapted to contact the shaft 16 to prevent .unnecessary vibration ofthe steering post. While in this form, as Well as in theform shown AinV Figures ltoe', the.

projections are on only one of the members,

it is understood that the invention is not so limited asthe projections may be formed on any or all of the tubes, to prevent vibra-4 As shown in tion or rattling of the various members of the steering post assembly, if'desiredA It is thought from the foregoing taken in connection With the accompanying drawings that'the construction andoperation ofmy device will be .apparent to thosey skilled in the art, and'that various changes in size, shape, proportion and details of construction may be made Without departing from the spirit and scope of the appendedclaims.

What I claim is:

l. In a device ofthe class described, a

steering column assembly including a `tubu- 'lar member, a steering post associated with said vmember, projections on4 said member for engaging saidv steering post for limitingthev vibration thereof.

2j In a steering column assembly, al steering post member, a member associated with and extending alongsaid steering post member, one of said' members being provided With` projections forv engaging the other member at intervals along the length thereof.

3. In a steering column assembly, a steering post, a tubular member associated vwith J said post, and spirally arranged projections on said member to engage i said lpost for limiting the vvibration thereof.

4:. In a steering column assembly'a holler.r

steering post, a member extending long-itudinallyy of, and Within said post, said member provided with projections for engaging along. the inner periphery said post for limiting the vibration thereor.

. 5. Inasteering post assembly, a steering. column, a tubular steering post Within said column, an operating shaft Within said post,

and outwardly extending integral projections punched in saidshaft and arranged spirally about the same, for engaging said post for limiting the vibration thereof.

v 6. In asteering column assembly, a hollow `steering shaft, a member associated with and extending along said shaft, and projections on said shaft for engaging said member to limit the vibration of said shaft.

In testimony'lwhereof I alii); my signature.

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